The school, about 20 kilometres from the Garma Festival site in north-east Arnhem Land, had opened its doors to visitors from the festival.

Students and older community members danced to songs in Yolngu Matha, the language of Yolngu; the traditional owners of the area.

Friday is the first day of the four-day Garma Festival which is being attended by Indigenous Advisory Council chairman Warren Mundine, Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

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Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:47:26 +1000http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-01/garma-festival-yirrkala-dancers/5641672Indigenous CultureIndigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)Community and SocietyIndigenous MusicMusicIndigenous PolicyGovernment and PoliticsTent city set up in readiness for Garma Festivalhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-31/garma-festival-preparations-in-ne-arnhem-land/5639618
Workers building a tent city at the Garma Festival in north-east Arnhem Land are racing against the clock as 2,000 visitors converge on the remote site of Gulkula.

Many are flying in from interstate to experience Yolngu culture at the four-day event.

Festival volunteer Geoff Baker said the camping ground, 28 kilometres from Nhulunbuy on the Gove Peninsula, was still taking shape.

"We've built about 800 or so tents, I've probably done a good three quarters of them," an exhausted Mr Baker said.